When the Yankees let Joe Girardi go, general manager Brian Cashman explained his biggest fault: Girardi didn’t do a good enough job connecting with the clubhouse and the front office.

Now Cashman has a chance to change that. Since dismissing Girardi, Cashman and his crew of lieutenants have interviewed four candidates to take over the job.

Each of them has talked extensively about why they believe they’re strong communicators. In fact, each talked about it as if they knew it might be what separates them from the pack. Here’s what they said: